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| Seven dead, 20 injured in Fort Hood shooting |
| 2009-11-05 |
| The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, according to the Associated Press. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a personnel and medical processing center at Fort Hood, the AP said. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks, says two shooters were apparently involved. There is no word yet on who they were, nor on identities of the dead, according to the AP. Banks says the second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base, the AP said. He says it is too soon to tell whether there is any link to battle stress or repeated deployments. The Army is suffering a record high suicide rate and other signs of stress from fighting two wars, the AP said. Greg Schannep, an aide to U.S. Rep. John Carter, told Statesman.com he was on the Army post to attend a graduation service. He said that as he neared the entrance of a building where the service was being held, a soldier with blood on his uniform ran past him and said a man was shooting. Schannep said the shootings appeared to have occurred in a complex near a theater where the service was scheduled. He was with the injured soldier, who he said appeared to have been struck in the shoulder but did not have life-threatening injuries. At 2:18 p.m., all workers at Fort Hood received this email alert from the post headquarters: “Fort Hood is locked down. Units are advised to do 100 percent accountability. This is not a drill.” Todd Martin, assistant for communications at the Killeen school district, said the district has seven elementary schools and two middle schools on the post itself. “Those have been locked down since this began,” Martin said. The other schools in the district outside the post have not been locked down, he said. The district serves Killeen, Fort Hood, Harker Heights and Nolanville. The elementary campuses, which typically releases between 2:45 and 3:15 p.m. had a two-hour early release day scheduled for today, so some students already had gone home. District administrators did not know how many of the students from the elementary schools were still on campus. There's more at the link. |
| Posted by:Old Patriot |
| #24 Update A source tells NPR's Joseph Shapiro that Hasan was put on probation early in his postgraduate work at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He was disciplined for proselytizing about his Muslim faith with patients and colleagues, according to the source, who worked with him at the time. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-11-05 23:16 |
| #23 Why won't anybody say the scumbag is a MOOOSSSSLIMMM? I get nervous watching Shep Smith (has he declared a gender yet?) but you would think Fox News could loan him a pair of kiwis and have him say it was another apostle of of the religion of peace. |
| Posted by: Bikey Chicky 2009-11-05 23:05 |
| #22 I just found his blog. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-11-05 23:00 |
| #21 Update bio And this may be the Lady who brought him down. Further update |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-11-05 22:47 |
| #20 Now is the time for our President to lead us in group national apology. Raise your hand if you were surprised to learn the murderer was a Muslim. Yup just like I thought. I pray the repose of the souls of those murdered and for their families. God save us from our President and his cabinet. |
| Posted by: Lord Dashwood 2009-11-05 22:05 |
| #19 Stomach turning as the details comes out. We won't know the full details until tommorrow or later I'm sure, but 12 dead now. Makes me sick. FrankG Obama clip makes me want to punch the turd in the mouth. |
| Posted by: Charles 2009-11-05 19:53 |
| #18 It sounds like another case of Sudden Jihadi Syndrome. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2009-11-05 19:46 |
| #17 What are chances this was the promised Iranian payback for the Iranian generals that were killed by suicide bomb a couple of weeks back? This could be tit for tat. |
| Posted by: Bugs Spease7436 2009-11-05 19:35 |
| #16 and The Zero gives a "shout out" to an audience member before acknowledging the |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-05 19:26 |
| #15 Hasan's cousin is being interviewed by FoxNews. "Hasan was a good American". "He was being harrassed by his military colleagues". "He's always been Muslim [not a convert]". |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-11-05 19:24 |
| #14 Malik Nadal Hasan (PHOTO): Key Details Emerge About Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July. The officials had access to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's military record. They said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because military records are confidential. The Virginia-born soldier was single with no children. He was 39 years old. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech University, where he was a member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1997. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001. At Walter Reed, he did his internship, residency and a fellowship. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-11-05 19:20 |
| #13 military installations are "gun-free" zones Only in theory, Grunt, IIRC. One can register a gun with the MP's and keep it secured IIRC. |
| Posted by: Cresh Mussolini9374 2009-11-05 18:52 |
| #12 The two suspects have been released. See other thread. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-05 18:47 |
| #11 Not a convert. Probably from Syria. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-05 18:47 |
| #10 Right now they are trying to find out if the Muslim was a convert. Also there are two others involved and captured. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2009-11-05 18:32 |
| #9 In other words,Grunt, a "target-rich environment" |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-05 18:15 |
| #8 In other words,Grunt, a "target-rich environment" |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-05 18:12 |
| #7 As crazy as this might sound to civilians, military installations are "gun-free" zones just as much as any college campus. |
| Posted by: Grunt_0369 2009-11-05 18:02 |
| #6 Yes - that's the obvious next question. Also along those lines - how and where do we separate foreign nationals using our bases for training. I recall numerous stories along these lines, all the way from foreign students at USMA, to the School for (of?) the America's at Ft. Benning (?), to various other installations. I expect we'll see zero to no background reporting on military security and intelligence, and plenty on truly irrelevant topics such as gun control and the NRA. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-11-05 17:50 |
| #5 MAJOR MALIK NADAL HASSAN (An officer?) OF WHO'S ARMY. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-05 17:36 |
| #4 Kay Bailey Hutchison is just as bad. She's speculating the primary shooter was about to be deployed to Iraq and was 'upset' about it. Spit! |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-11-05 17:32 |
| #3 Just saw Obama blovating on tv, he's got no idea whats going on, and blustered his way along all over the TV Said, Our Govenment and yours will look into this as the days and months pass(Moron) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-05 17:23 |
| #2 That was reported by ABC at this link: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/soldiers-killed-fort-hood-shooting/story?id=9007938. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-11-05 17:22 |
| #1 Hannity just said lead shooter is MAJOR MALIK NADAL HASSAN (An officer?) WE NEED A ZERO SURPRISE METER. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2009-11-05 17:17 |